miércoles, 29 de octubre de 2014

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THEME 1 


Hello, very good reflection you have there and I can see that after Lecture and seminar you expand your knowledge on the subject. This topic is not easy, particularly I think it is very subjective and depends on the perspective of each person. The topic discussed in your seminar I find quite interesting in this context, I consider that a newborn begins to acquire knowledge from the moment they are born, because they can feel different sensations and experiences. And all conduct that are demonstrated to them, can influence their thoughts and feelings. But if they actually can process this information and transformer into knowledge it is something that I am not sure and I can imagine there are a lot of people researching about this topic.

 2.  http://dm2572-johasjo.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-1-reflection.html

 Hi, I liked your reflection, especially because like you, I had never taken a course in philosophy and at first when I saw the content of the subject asked myself the following question: What good is knowledge in the field of philosophy if my career path is in an opposite direction, however since the first reading, I found it quite interesting and fun area to meet. Now I strongly believe that it is necessary to enrich our work and grow as professionals aware and responsible with our environment.

 3. http://gaara526526.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-1-reflectionsafter.html

Very good reflection, I may notice that you have a greater and deeper understanding of the subject compared to your previous reflection before the seminar and lecture. Like you, i understood the concept of knowledge as pure experience and even before the readings I had never stopped to think about the meaning of the word, for me was simply "Knowledge". 
This topic helped me a lot to see different things and I satarted to make questions about the world around me. Again, I like your thinking and I can see how you managed to understand the main concepts of this theme.





Hi!!
I liked your reflection and I agree with you that it is not a simple topic to understand especially Kant. I agree with you that Kant wanted to achieve a distinction primarily Between a priori and a posteriori knowledge and between analytic and synthetic Judgments. In this sense, I believe that the Main question that Kant pretend to answer with his book, is how is synthetic a priori knowledge possible? for which it based its reasoning on Copernican Revolution. With These concepts in mind, Kant Evaluates the Possibility to have a new kind of knowledge, one synthetic that has a priori Approaches: the subject (including Its dynamism and principles) is going to be the main explanation and justification of knowledge, the subject need to have some knowledge from its experience (empiric approach) however the information given by experience have to be organized and synthetize with some principles.

I also think taht is a very interesting what you disscussed in the seminar about how an infant percieve the world, this kinds of thing never had come to my mind before but are really important inorder to see the world with different perspectives. 

 5. http://bylundtmm14.blogspot.se/2014/09/reflections-after-first-seminar.html

 Hi very good reflection you have there, I know that understanding this topic is not an easy task, however I notice how you managed to understand the main topics of different authors. For me, Kant was the most difficult to understand and I had to read the text several times to get a better idea of ​​what he wanted to transmit and apparently we both understand (at least I think so). 

I find it very interesting to think about as newborns perceive things and the world, and specially your reflection of how exist a possibility that due to our ancestors we have inherent senses of survival. It's a different way to understand how an infant percieve the world, I am not an expert on the subject but it sounds logical your thinking and it is possible that from the moment of our birth and we inherited some "knowledge" related to our survival instincts . 

 6. http://pkdm2572.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-1-theory-of-knowledge-and-theory.html


This reflection was very good, it shows you managed to understand what authors of these texts wanted to transfer, and as well I agree with you that the example of Matrix was very good to understand these ideas by associating it with something that we have more knowledge.

THEME 2 



 1. http://hakikth.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-2-reflection.html


Hi Haky, I really like your reflection on this topic, and share your viewpoint with respect to these readings, particularly knowing the cultural, political and social context help me a lot in order to understand the ideas that the authors wanted to transmit. 
Like you said above, I think that social framework will prevent that we could have plenty liberty as concept of Enlightenment pretend that we should have. Enlightenment despite releasing the humanity of fear of the unknown, made us prisoners of a social paradigm fomented by media technologies.

 2. http://gref-tmm.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies-after.html

Hi, I agree with you that this theme was not easier than the previous one, however, your reflection shows that you have been able to understand the main ideas of the authors. Definitely something that I also learned for the rest of my life, is that when we read any article you must understand the social context under which it was written, in order to capture the ideas of the authors. 
Like you, I believe that one of the most interesting parts of the theme is the use of media to demonstrate, improve and use power over society. Hard to imagine that today there are many societies in which they continue using media technologies to control and manipulate the masses.

 3. http://dm2572pontustv.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies-part-2.html

Hello, good reflection you got there. Like you, at first I hadn’t seen the importance of understanding the social and cultural context in which the authors lived when they wrote their texts, which is essential to capture the ideas that try to convey. It is very interesting to see the relationship between the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, because both of them make a big and important cultural revolution with many advantages and disadvantages in order to eventually form societies we know today. I think the culture has great revolutionary potential, where media is the main factor for these changes. Your reflection seemed pretty accurate and understandable, good job.


Hello, I really like your reflection, it was very understandable, interesting and entertaining. I liked that you used the lessons learned in a daily context, making the ideas you learned with this topic more understandable. The use of media technologies for the manipulation of society is something that happens in many countries of the world especially when it comes to political issues. However in some cases the misuse of the media is reflected more in some countries than in others, for example, in my country (Venezuela) the current government controls most of the media and used to deceive society into believing that nothing is going wrong in the country, that insecurity is not a problem, there is no inflation and shortages of basic commodities is a lie, when in fact the true is totally opposite. I am sure that like in my country in many other same things happens with greater magnitude than another. 

 5. http://dm2572mikaelknutsson.blogspot.se/2014/09/reflcetion-after-theme-2-critical-media.html

HI Good reflection, as you said i also consider that this lecture was quite easier than previous ones, however it was really complex. I can notice how you learned after the seminar and how you have clearer concepts. I agreed with you that culture has a huge revolutionary potential and through the years has made that we could see everything with a different perspective. Great Job!

THEME 3 


 1. http://evilmadscientists.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-3-postreflections-research-and.html

Hello I found very interesting your reflection, and I can appreciate that you managed to understand the meaning of "theory". I agree with you to understand the relationship between knowledge and theory is not an easy task, however, to read your reflection it shows you got it. There's just something that I do not have very clear, when you say "almost as a hypotheses" because, according to what I understand, Sometimes the term theory is Used to describe a hypothesis; However, the hypothesis is an idea to Assumed That is for a specific topic, while a theory of These define why ideas. That's why hypothesis is very different from theory.


Hi, it is good that after seminar and lecture, you got a better perspective of what a theory is, at first I had a hard time understanding the difference between a theory and a hypothesis, it was not easy. However, I can notice that you understood the main differences, I got the point in a similar way as you expressed. The hypothesis is an idea that is assumed for a specific topic, while a theory defines why of these ideas. In addition, a theory can generate hypotheses that can be validated or refuted through different methods. 
Like you at the seminar, we also discuss the different papers that each one selected, which helped us to better understand what a theory is and how some times to find a theory is not as easy as we can think.

 3. http://dm2572johanhuu.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-3-reflection.html

Hi!
You have a very good reflection there, easy to understand and concrete. I also believe that this Theme was much easier than the previous ones; however, the term theory is definitely complex. I liked how you defined it as a bridge between raw data and hypothesis, a correct and simple definition. 
You are right that each person can define "theory" from different perspectives and before touching this topic in the course, I was one of these people who used the term without truly understanding its meaning and used the word without any special care in a non-working or academic context. I haven’t notice this only with this theme, for example the word knowledge is a word I've used all my life without fully understanding their meaning. It is really good that know we are learning how to use properly these words and understand their meanings. 

 4. http://dm2572-johasjo.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-3-reflection.html

Hi! Good reflection, despite being easier to understand than the previous themes, it is no less complex. I agree with you that understanding the different types of theories is not an easy task, but once you have the concept of "Theory" clear, which will help us understand more the different types of theories, is reading different papers analyzing theories of authors and categorizing them according to the types we know. However the major problem, will be in those papers in which the authors do not provide work to explain or mention the theories on which their research is based.

 5. http://andreaspatriksson.blogspot.se/2014/09/seminar-3.html

Hi, this is a topic that needs many thoughts and discussions to achieve a concrete idea of what a theory is, the different types of theories and how to distinguish a theory of a hypothesis. It's complicated because, before this course we never had stopped to think about any of these concepts simply we assumed we understood their meanings. Moreover we used to refer to scientific theories when we use the term, which aims to explain the nature of an event using the popular "scientific method", which can be falsifiable, different from philosophical theories.
On your reflection you have several excellent questions, which despite having my ideas clearer about what is a theory, I'm not able to answer concretely. However i think there are many different points of view when answering them.

THEME 4 


 1. http://jennybern.blogspot.se/2014/10/reflection-of-theme-4.html

 Hi! Understanding the pros and cons of both methods is fundamental to understanding and knowing when to use each method when conducting a research. Having different points of view is always good to set our own ideas, that’s why I think the way the workshop was conducted was the best way and helped us understand in a better way both methods. For your reflection, I can see that in your case you had a better understanding of the theme after the seminar. Good reflection! 

 2. http://theoryandm.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-4-reflection.html

 Hi! is an important point which you mention there, the methods we use to perform data collection to conduct any study is vital for proper research. It is important that, the way seminar was made it helped us to understand better this topics. Just like you I learned a lot about both methods, and particularly consider a study that holds both qualitative and quantitative methods achieve a more reliable and accurate study. Good post! is clear and demonstrate the main points you learned with this theme.

 3. http://teoriochmetod.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-4-reflections.html

 Hi!, Good reflection, very personal which makes it very understandable what you learned after the seminar. Understanding the limitations of qualitative and quantitative methods is essential to do a great job for our master’s thesis. 
Just like you, I learned a lot on this theme, and I understood the importance of surveys and questionnaires when conducting any type of research, in most cases they form the main method to obtain the data for the study. I also really liked the way the workshop was held, helped us a lot to understand the topic with higher performance, I think that gamification serves in any field, especially for learning.

 4. http://dm2572ua.blogspot.se/2014/10/post-theme-4-reflection.html

 Hi! I also think it was a fun way to learn, and we understood the major limitations of each method, I also believe that using both methods is a way to make a reliable study, however it is important to consider the main objective the research is conducted, to know what kind of methods are most suitable. I liked your reflection, very personal and concrete.

 5. http://dm2572aslind.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-4-reflection.html

 Hello, the last point you mentioned is very interesting and important, especially because when I made researches of this kind, I do not spend much time evaluating surveys or questionnaires and now is that I can understand how important it is. I agree with you that when one conducts a survey often we assume that those who undertake the survey have the same knowledge of the subject to us. 
This theme was very interesting and the way the workshop was conducted I found it very helpful in understanding the main points of the theme. Good reflection and good job!

THEME 5 



Hello, good reflection you have there. The use of prototypes have many advantages when you want to make a study of any kind, however, depending on the nature of the investigation to determine the feasibility of using prototyping. I find many advantages but also disadvantages in the use of prototypes; the major disadvantages I find is that in some cases, but a prototype is done with just some features intended for the final product, Prototype users may lose reliability in the product because they only can notice the ones that the prototype have.


Hi! I agree with you about collaborative settings, is really interesting to think in this kind of settings, I believe that the results in any research using this will have better and more truthful data. Many times when we do any kind of research we assume many thing that the participants on the study don’t, we have to think how participants would be more comfortable in order to have more “natural” information. I also think that using prototypes is really useful and we can find many advantages like identify some failures or identifying features that can be improve; it is the best way to test our “product”. Good reflection! 


Hi, both lectures were interesting, however, I agree with you that Haibo’s lecture has been one of the most interesting of the whole course, and we earned a lot of usefull knowledge that will help us when we make a research. In the research I've been involved (they are not many), we haven’t invested much time in defining a question for some particular problem, but we have always been dedicated to finding the solution to a question that probably was not the right one. Taking the time necessary to make the right question to a particular problem may be the key between do some research and make an excellent research with quality results. Nice reflection, simple to understand and I can see how you learned both Lectures, especially the Haibo’s Lecture.


Hello just like you, I expected the Eva-Lotta´s Lecture would focus more on research design, however, I believe that a different way of understanding these concepts is seeing an actual case where a research have been made using different methods. The research she conducted was a interesting topic and it was especially innovative. Something that could be seen as you mention, is how cooperative work can facilitate research and help it to get better results.

5.  http://dm2572ilona.blogspot.se/2014/10/reflections-on-theme-5-after.html

Hello, very good reflection you did. Using qualitative and quantitative methods often implies more reliable results and to get more evidence in any research. In Eva-Lotta’s lecture we could see the advantages of using both methods and performing collaborative research, visualizing a real and interesting investigation. Your post was very entertaining and easy to understand. Good reflection!

THEME 6 


1. http://pkdm2572.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study_20.html

Hello, very good your reflection is detailed and understandable and I can tell for sure that with the seminar you are more clearly about what a case study is and how it works. You mention many important aspects key to understanding what is a case study, for what I learned agree with you that one of the most important things in a case study (also more complicated)is after you have a defined problem and a case study formulated, you have to decided want you want to say at the end of the study. A case study is definitely a method that explores deeply some problem and when it is time to design it you do not know how would be the to result. Good post!

2. http://stephanietheoryandmethod.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-6-reflection.html

Hi, interesting post. Before the seminar I thought I understood what a case study is but I realized during the seminar that was not right. I agree with you to differentiate a case study research from another kind of research is not trivial especially since I'm not particularly used to make such a distinction when I read an article or a paper. Conduct a case study have many advantages like you mention, however I agree with you that one of the biggest challenges you have is to compile and analyse thehuge amount of data being handled. Good job!

3. http://idaeldhteoriochmetod14.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study_28.html

Hi I liked your comment is concrete and demonstrate that you have clear what a case study is. Before the seminar i thought that a case study should have a hypothesis as in mostresearches, however as you mentioned after the seminar I realized that I was wrong, which makes performing a case study not an easy task. Good post!

4. http://dm2572pontustv.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study_9.html

Hi! good reflection that you have there, it shows that passing is not extremely simple to understand you managed to capture the main ideas of the theme. One of your last post ideas, you said a case study is a “safe” research type in which you never face the problem of having an insufficient amount of data to analyse. I agreed with that however I believe that’s is also one of the problems of conduct this kind of research, analyse this data becomes a complex task and moreover increase the time of the study. Great job! I really like your post!

5. http://dm2572gsk.blogspot.se/2014/10/post-seminar-6.html

Hello. Before the seminar I could hardly distinguish a case study for other research, however after the discussion we had at the seminar became much easier. I consider discussing examples of case studies was the best way to understand the theme. Among many of the examples we discussed, they usually used different quantitative and qualitative methods for the development of the research, which is consistent with what you mentioned in your post. Good reflection, it was interesting and easy to understand.

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